Lincoln Yards Passes Zoning, Finance Is Next
There’s an expression the kids used to use that goes, “Save the drama for your mama.” Chicago City Hall must have been full of mothers today when city council’s Zoning committee voted to approve the $6 billion Lincoln Yards project. Rendering of Lincoln Yards (Via Sterling Bay) The drama bubbled up from the minutiae of parliamentary procedure. The short version is that when 46th Ward Alderman James Cappleman...
Controversial Lincoln Yards Development Hours Away From Zoning Vote
One of the most controversial development projects in recent Chicago history is scheduled to go before city council’s Zoning Committee Thursday. What happens at City Hall could determine if the $6 billion Lincoln Yards project goes from beset to beleaguered. Diagram of the January 2019 Lincoln Yards plan Even before Sterling Bay unveiled its plans to redevelop the industrial zone formerly occupied by the A. Finkl & Sons...
Another Office Tower Coming To The Kennedy Expressway
It’s long been the goal of Chicago city planners to wall in I-90/94 through downtown in order to keep its noise, pollution, and bad vibes out of Chicago’s neighborhoods. We’ve seen a lot of progress toward that goal in the last decade. Now another skyscraper is going to help out. The location of 800 West Fulton Market, the former Isaacson and Stein Fish Company. (Via Apple Maps) 800 West Fulton Market is expected to...
Wild Plan Advances For Greening the Chicago River
The second community meeting about Wild Mile Chicago was held recently, and enthusiasm is growing for a project that would have seemed a few McNuggets short of a Happy Meal a decade ago. Anchored on the banks of the Chicago River in the Goose Island area, Wild Mile Chicago envisions a mile-long “eco park” running along, and into, the industrial waterway. Don’t get too excited. This image that’s been circulating...
New South Loop CTA Station Chugging Along
When plans for The 78 were unveiled, one of the line items that gave us the warm and fuzzies was the notion that the South Loop might be in line for another new L station. That idea is taking another step from being a mystery dot on a stylized map to becoming something concrete. A public meeting has been called to discuss revised plans for the new CTA Red Line station at The 78. You’ll remember that The 78 is the seven billion...
That’s SOM Nice Building Going Into Fulton Market
The plan to replace a nearly windowless brick industrial building in Fulton Market with a somewhat nicer brick building with improved windows has been tossed out the window. Now on the plate: A proper office tower. New York’s Thor Equities had planned to put up a four-story brick office building at the corner of Fulton Market and Green Street. But now Thor’s swinging a bigger hammer, aiming for an 18-story glass tower...
Another Crane Moving Out of Lincoln Park
It was just about a month ago that the south tower crane pulled out of the Lincoln Common project at 2335 and 2345 North Lincoln Avenue. Today, the north tower crane begins its long adieu. Lincoln Common, you’ll remember is the redevelopment of the property that used to be Children’s Memorial Hospital. That hospital decamped for Streeterville a decade ago, and its ugly bulk was removed from the Lincoln Park skyline....
1,186 Pages Filed For Lincoln Yards Development
Get your Allen wrenches ready — Chicago’s next flat-pack instant neighborhood is getting ready to rise. Fresh off a string of successes turning Chicago’s meatpacking district into the hottest business and tech hub between Virginia and Denver, Sterling Bay has officially filed plans for its Lincoln Yards megaproject. “Plans” is an important word here because this project is so large, it’s been split into...
Lincoln Park Tower Cranes Becoming Un-Common
If you’re waiting for the next big milestone in the construction of Lincoln Common (2335 and 2345 North Lincoln Avenue), that milestone is here. The process of removing the project’s south tower crane began today. The photograph above shows Lincoln Common as it was earlier this week when the south crane was still stretching out across the property like Julie Andrews atop an alpine meadow. The pic was taken by Joe Zekas...
Everything There is To Know So Far About The 78 in Chicago’s South Loop
It’s not every day that a building document gets filed with the Chicago City Clerk that reads, “Maximum Number of Dwelling Units: 10,000.” But then, The 78 by Related Midwest isn’t an everyday development. The city filing is standard procedure for many building projects in Chicago. Everything from a basement renovation to the massive 400 Lake Shore Drive proposal have to go through this sort of thing....
